tis true, an old man's twice a child ; Mine cannot speak ; one of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest dearest son From death or durance, and have made him walk With a bold foot upon the thorny law, Whose prickles should bow under him ;... The Ancient British Drama ... - Page 103edited by - 1810 - 614 pagesFull view - About this book
| English drama - 1744 - 398 pages
...' -' • Mine cannot fpeak j one of his fmgle words Would quite have freed my youngeft deareft fon From death or durance, and have made him walk With a bold foot upon the thorny law, Whofe" prickles fliould bow under him ; but 'ttó not, And therefore wedlock-faith fliall be forgo*... | |
| English drama - 1780 - 508 pages
...child ; Mine cannot Ipeak ; one of his fingle words Would quite have freed my youngeft deareft fon From death or durance ; and have made him walk With a bold foot upon the thorny law, Whofe prickles fliould bow under him ; but 'tis not, And therefore wedlock-faith mall be forgot : I'll... | |
| Cyril Tourneur - 1878 - 242 pages
...yongest, deerest, sonne From death or durance, and haue made him walke With a bold foote upon the thornie law, Whose Prickles should bow under him ; but 'tis...forgot. I'll kill him in his fore-head ; hate there feede ; That wound is deepest tho' it neuer bleed. And here comes hee whom my heart points unto, His... | |
| John Webster - 1893 - 464 pages
...lord at meat or sleep. Indeed, 'tis true, an old man's twice a child ; Mine cannot speak ; one of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest dearest...should bow under him ; but 'tis not, And therefore wedlock- faith shall be forgot : I'll kill him in his forehead ; hate, there feed ; That wound is deepest,... | |
| John Webster, Cyril Tourneur - English drama - 1912 - 486 pages
...lord at meat or sleep. Indeed, 'tis true, an old man's twice a child ; Mine cannot speak ; one of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest dearest...wedlock-faith shall be forgot : I'll kill him in his forehead ; n hate, there feed ; That wound is deepest, though it never bleed. "o And here comes he whom my heart... | |
| Cyril Tourneur - Fiction - 1966 - 168 pages
...at meat, and sleep. Indeed 'tis true an old man's twice a child; 100 Mine cannot speak; one of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest dearest...Whose prickles should bow under him. But 'tis not, 105 And therefore wedlock faith shall be forgot. I'll kill him in his forehead; hate, there feed; That... | |
| Thomas Middleton - Drama - 1988 - 468 pages
...lord at meat and sleep. 100 Indeed 'tis true an old man's twice a child; Mine cannot speak; one of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest dearest...should bow under him; but 'tis not, And therefore wedlock faith shall be forgot. I'll kill him in his forehead, hate there feed; That wound is deepest... | |
| Cyril Tourneur, Thomas Middleton - Drama - 1996 - 148 pages
...(Q) is probably a printer's error, caught from the line above. 101. an. . . child] a common proverb. From death or durance, and have made him walk With a bold foot upon the thorny law, 105 Whose prickles should bow under him; but 'tis not, And therefore wedlock faith shall be forgot.... | |
| Katharine Eisaman Maus - Drama - 1998 - 468 pages
...at meat and sleep. Indeed 'tis true an old man's twice a child — 100 Mine cannot speak. One of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest, dearest...Whose prickles should bow under him. But 'tis not, 105 And therefore wedlock faith shall be forgot. I'll kill him in his forehead; hate, there feed;0... | |
| Jesse Berger - Drama - 2007 - 124 pages
...double-loathed lord at meat and sleep. Indeed tis true an old man's twice a child, Mine cannot speak! One of his single words Would quite have freed my youngest dearest son From death or durance; and yet spake he not. Well, therefore wedlock faith shall be forgot! I'll kill him in his forehead, hate... | |
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